- Date
- September 5, 1981
- Place
- Medical Spgs, OR · MEDICAL SPGS, OR
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8723WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810905057139A
- Case key
- 123971
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2681 81/9/5 NR.MEDICAL SPGS,OR PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 513 TIME - 1545 N8723W PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 248 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCO,WA DONNELLY,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RPRTD LOSS OF PWR AFTER SEL L MAIN FUEL TNK.FUEL SEL FOUND PSND TO EMPTY L TIP TNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8723W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8723WRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.